Much like Al Gore’s claim that he invented the internet, Hillary is taking credit for the reduction in teen pregnancy rates
between 1995 and 2005.
"To address this important issue, my husband issued a call to action in 1995 to America’s parents and leaders to join together to cut America’s teen pregnancy rate by one-third over a decade. In order to help achieve this ambitious goal, I helped launch the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, and we successfully achieved a one-third reduction by 2005"
Never mind that during this period, abstinence among teens was on the rise and state restrictions on abortions were given new strength by the Supreme Court’s 1992 *Planned Parenthood vs. Casey* decision. For example, a study by professor Michael New of the University of Alabama found that pro-life legislation, and not the influence of Bill or Hillary Clinton, resulted in significant reductions on the abortion rate among
minors.
And never mind that the partial birth abortion ban, which Hillary opposed and voted against, may have significantly changed public perception on abortion and its acceptability.
Yes, folks, Hillary Clinton wants us to believe that increased abstinence and pro-life legislation did not have an impact on teen pregnancy and abortion rates. And of course, she blames the recent rise in teen birth
rates on the Bush administration:
"But the report released today indicates that under President Bush’s leadership, we may be falling off track"
So let’s get this straight – Hillary caused teen pregnancy rates to drop by 1/3 over the span of a decade, George Bush is responsible for the recent rise in teen birth rates, Bill Clinton did not have sex with "that woman",
and Al Gore invented the internet. Given these facts, how could anybody doubt that putting Hillary in the Oval office will once and for all end teen pregnancy?
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Jeff, Are you sure you’re not really a reporter for the NYTimes or CBS? This is exactly the spin they’ll take so that must be your day job 🙂
Do these numbers take into account the Morning After and RU-486(?) pill usage? They may or may not be abortifacient depending on whether or not the woman is pregnant, but t may account for a decrease in reported abortions.
From my days at Birthright up ’til a year ago, I know they were often looked for, and sometimes taken on a regular basis.
In Christ’s peace and joy,
Robin
Claims like this always abuse the principle that correlation does not imply causation. Just because an increase in world consumption of potatoes parallels an increase in the global murder rate doesn’t mean that eating more potatoes causes more murders. The media won’t bother to do the double-checking in the interest of 1) bias and/or 2) desire to be fastest and most trendy with the news. A good reason to take every piece of news with a grain of salt and always research the claims.
Right, she’s the reason, yes, and I’m the reason for the reduction in average shoe size in America.
I’m the reason why elephants don’t invade your house.
(If elephants should invade your house, though, it’s all your fault.)
I found it interesting that teen pregnancy rates were tracked by the Center for Disease Control. Pregnancy is a healthy body function. It is not a disease!
On the otherhand, thoughts of Mrs. Clinton would decrease ones… never mind.
It took me a minute to get that, Dean, but that was funny! Since pregnancy is not a disease, maybe we could treat areas affected by population decrease by removing all hint of the woman who may be the cause of decrease in teen pregnancy here?
One of my professors taught about faulty correlations by showing us a study that linked owning a toaster with lowering birthrate because it was one of the common denominators of households with few children.
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